In this issue:"The Pool of the Black One" adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Sonny Trinidad~Hell is an island that looks like paradise - and what is hell without a horde of devils?~Sea Hawks: Maritime Trade and Piracy in the High Hyborian Age an article by Robert YapleThe Chaykin Barbarians a portfolio by Howard Chaykin"The Dragon at Castle Frankenstein" a tale of Solomon Kane by Don Glut and Sonny TrinidadFrontispiece pin-up by Ernie Chan